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Friday, May 07, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Toothpaste
Toothpaste
by Cody Clarke
They discontinued my favorite toothpaste
and I found out months after the fact
Everything happens like this
Your favorite objects die just like your favorite people do
Silently and far away
taking a slow and broken train
cross country
to tell you
Arriving as casual words from the TV or a friend
so casual they're just fingertips tapping your shoulder
startling you with their lightness
As much as we'd like to believe we're impervious
and that our own deaths won't go down this way
there are people who love you
more than you will ever know
that won't find out for ages
by Cody Clarke
They discontinued my favorite toothpaste
and I found out months after the fact
Everything happens like this
Your favorite objects die just like your favorite people do
Silently and far away
taking a slow and broken train
cross country
to tell you
Arriving as casual words from the TV or a friend
so casual they're just fingertips tapping your shoulder
startling you with their lightness
As much as we'd like to believe we're impervious
and that our own deaths won't go down this way
there are people who love you
more than you will ever know
that won't find out for ages
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Wolves
Wolves
by Cody Clarke
The moon is full and baring down on me
though I can't see it
The clouds are thick as porridge
protecting me as best they can
but I still feel the moon like a magnet
repelling me into the dirt
I can feel the hate and disappointment in my
sinuses and forehead
like my third eye is rotting
and all my work
everything I've done either creatively or for money
is droplets of blood on toilet paper
I wish these feelings were memories
and not my current state of mind
I'm not writing this from the past
and I'm certainly not writing it from the future
I'm writing this in the ever-changing present
waiting the eternity between this night
and tomorrow morning
when I'll feel a little better
and put my nose to the grindstone
and serve the universe amidst wolves
Even in prison there are still wolves
and even in solitary confinement there are still wolves
so you might as well let them have at you some nights
by Cody Clarke
The moon is full and baring down on me
though I can't see it
The clouds are thick as porridge
protecting me as best they can
but I still feel the moon like a magnet
repelling me into the dirt
I can feel the hate and disappointment in my
sinuses and forehead
like my third eye is rotting
and all my work
everything I've done either creatively or for money
is droplets of blood on toilet paper
I wish these feelings were memories
and not my current state of mind
I'm not writing this from the past
and I'm certainly not writing it from the future
I'm writing this in the ever-changing present
waiting the eternity between this night
and tomorrow morning
when I'll feel a little better
and put my nose to the grindstone
and serve the universe amidst wolves
Even in prison there are still wolves
and even in solitary confinement there are still wolves
so you might as well let them have at you some nights
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
States
States
by Cody Clarke
and here we are
naked
embracing
with so much water in us
flowing through our bodies
and sapling hairs dot our skin completely
our heads like grand ancient trees
the hot air from our lungs
nurturing our whole landscape
as our breath wisps down it
and the roads of our hand prints
and the caverns of our crevasses
we're states
united
we're only two strong
but we're enough for a country
and the ideals
the freedom of speech we have
the respect
the liberty
and the happiness
we're a utopia
and the only one possible
the united states started with so much
and now it's just a crib death
while love is old as sin
and will be here forever
god bless us all
by Cody Clarke
and here we are
naked
embracing
with so much water in us
flowing through our bodies
and sapling hairs dot our skin completely
our heads like grand ancient trees
the hot air from our lungs
nurturing our whole landscape
as our breath wisps down it
and the roads of our hand prints
and the caverns of our crevasses
we're states
united
we're only two strong
but we're enough for a country
and the ideals
the freedom of speech we have
the respect
the liberty
and the happiness
we're a utopia
and the only one possible
the united states started with so much
and now it's just a crib death
while love is old as sin
and will be here forever
god bless us all
Saturday, December 19, 2009
My Top 10 Films of 2009
1. Inglourious Basterds
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Watchmen
4. Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. Drag Me To Hell
6. Whatever Works
7. Michael Jackson's This is It
8. Funny People
9. Observe & Report
10. The Hangover
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Watchmen
4. Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. Drag Me To Hell
6. Whatever Works
7. Michael Jackson's This is It
8. Funny People
9. Observe & Report
10. The Hangover
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Women into Pumpkins
Women into Pumpkins
by Cody Clarke
They can get built up so big
in pictures or in your head
but they're all just pumpkins
and the moment you realize that
in the heat of things
it hits you like an empty sandwich
You can carve a perfect hole
with your glistening hard knife
dreaming of pumpkin pie
but when you reach in it's always
guts and stench
no matter the face you carve
Whether love is there or isn't
was there or moved away
candles live to burn out
and every year you're stuck
with a squash to dispose
and a loud trash truck
dragging her away
by Cody Clarke
They can get built up so big
in pictures or in your head
but they're all just pumpkins
and the moment you realize that
in the heat of things
it hits you like an empty sandwich
You can carve a perfect hole
with your glistening hard knife
dreaming of pumpkin pie
but when you reach in it's always
guts and stench
no matter the face you carve
Whether love is there or isn't
was there or moved away
candles live to burn out
and every year you're stuck
with a squash to dispose
and a loud trash truck
dragging her away
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Really Good Smut is back!
Just a note that the world-famous erotica blog I contribute to, Really Good Smut, is back from hiatus. Please subscribe and read!
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